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an 1 i !T*t<^wT^''p%T?4>' BVitier ?!" A*(MM*a. *- 1850. j7%a Bt<T* ***?.Max irk Pill nri>' E, Ol .V 1 . . J'rr. cut. j:William K. '' isa, of Alabaia Vi President. j:The Cabinet. ' [IJanh Vehster. of ? .... ??ec. of Stale. ,Thi? uwit,, wf Utuu, . . . Sec.oflhaTrens.Willi.A. Graham, of N. C. Bee. of the Navy.Charles M. Co.vraij, of La. . . Bee. of War.Tilos. M. T. McKismam, of Pa. Sec. of. interior.Nathan K. Hall, of N. Y. . . P. M. General.John J. Crittenden, of Ky. . Att. General.The Jutliciary.SUPREME COURT Or THE UNITED STATES.Roger B. Tank*, of Maryland . Chief Juatice.John- McLean, of Oiuo Asaociale.J am ab M. Wayne, of Georgia . "John Catron, of Tepoeaaee ... "John McKinley, afKeiitucky . . "Pete* V. Daniel, of Virginia . . "Samuel Nelson, of New York . "Levi Woodbury, of N. Hanip. . "Robert C. Grikr, of Peiut. ... "THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS.Term commenced March 4,1849, ctiul icill end March4, 1861.Senate.Number of Stales repreneiited. 30.President. William K. Kino.Secretary. Amibuiiy Dickens.Whigs in Italics; Motives in Small Capitals; Democratsin Roman; nose marked F. 8. art Prce Sailers.Term Ter mExpires. Expires.Alabama. M^hgan.Jerrimah Cleiuena 1853 Lewi* Oust* 1851Win R King 1855 Alpheun Felch 1853Areansas. Missouri.Wm K Sebaniiun 1853 Tltomoa 11 Benton 1851Solon Borland 1855 lAnvid RAu-.himon 1855Connecticut. New Hampshire. jlinger a tuuawm hsol Joan r note o; iiw.i'J'ruman Smith 1855 Moses Norria, Jr 1855Delaware. Nevv York.John W'ales 1851 Daniel S Dickinson 1851Presley Spruatue 1851 William II Seward. 1855Florida. New Jersey.David L. Yulee 1851 Wm L Dayton 1851Jackson Morton 1855 Jacob W Miller 1855Georgia. North Carolina.John M Berrien 1853 Willie P Mana ma 1853Wai C Dawson 1855 George E Badger 1855Indiana. Ohio.Jumps D Bright 1851 J'hmm* Hkenng 1851J WlM?omb U?55 SP ChemlV8) 1855liMVoif. Pennsylvania.Stephen A Douglas J853 Daniel Sturgeon 1851James Shields l<-55' James Cooper 1850Iowa. Rhode Island.lieorge W Jones 1851 Jllbert C Greene 1851Aug C Dodge 1855 John H Clarke 1853Kentucky. South Carolina.Jos R Underwood 1853 Robl W Barnwell 1853Henry Clay 1855 A P Butler 1855 JLouisiana. Tennessee.Sol U Downs 1853 Hopkins LTurney 185]Pierre Soule 1855 John Bell ' 1853Maine. Tjikas.Hannibal Hamlin 1851 Thomas J Rusk 1851Ja? W Bradbury 1853 Sam Houston 1853Massachusetts. Vermont.Robt C 1 fbithrop 1851 Samuel 8 Phelps 1851John Davis 1853 Willittm Upham 1853Maryland. Virginia.Thomas G Pratt 1851 James M Mason 1851Jumes .tPPiarce 1855 R M T Hunter 1853Mississippi. 'Wisconsin.Jefferson Davis 1851 Henry Dod^e 1851Henry SFoote 1853 IsaacP Walker 1855THE SENATE IN FIGURES.Dertiocrats. 32Whigs. 25Free Boilers. 3Total number of members. CODemocratic majority. 7Two senators from California, Wm. M. Gwinand John C. Fremont, are in Washington, awaitingthe admission of that State. The bill for itsadmission has already passed the Senate.House of Representatives.Speaker. Howell Cobb.Clerk. Wm. L. Youh ? 'Dist. Arkansas. Mississippi.1 Robert W Johnson 1 Jacob ThompsonAlabama. 2 W S Featherston1 intliam J Alston 3 Wm McWillie2 Henry WHilliard 4 A G Brown3 Sampso W Harris] Nebraska.4 Samuel W. Inge ? ?5 David Hubbard New Jersey.6 William. R>W Cobb 1 Andrew R Hay1 Francis W Bowden 2 Wm A A'ewellConnecticut. 3 Isaac Wildrick1 Lorenzo P Waldo 4 John Van Dyke2 Walter Booth (F S) 5 James G King3 Chaun'y F Cleveland new mevico.4 Thomas B Butler ? ?California. Mkw Hampshire.? ? 1 Amos Tuck, (FS)Delaware. 2 Chas H Peaalee] John IF Houston 3 James WilsonFlorida. 4 Harry Hibbard1 Edward C Cabell North Carolina.Georgia- 1 Thomas L Clinginan1 Joseph W. Jackson 2 J P Caldwell5 M J Welborn 3 E Dtberry3 Alien TOwen 4 A Shepherd4 H A HaraW.011 5 A W Venable5 Thomas C Hackett (i W S Ashr? Howell Cobb 7 J R J Daniel7 Alexander H Stephens 8 Edward Stanley8 Robert Toombs 9 David OutlawIllinois.1 Win H Bissell New York.2 John AMcClernand 1 John A King3 Thomas R. Young 2 David A Bokee4 John Wentworth 3 J Phillips Phcenix5 Wm A Richardson 4 WaUer Underbill<5 Edward D Baker 5 George Briggs7 Thomas L Harris 6 James BrooksIrtwi 7 Wi//i/im1 Vacancy 8 R Halltnrxty2 Shepherd Leffler 9 Thomas McKissoekIndiana. 1ft Herman I) Gould1 Nathaniel Albertson 11 C R Sylvester2 Cyrus L Dunham 12 Gideon 0 Reynold*3 John L Robinson 13 John L Schoolcraft4 ffeo* W Julien (F S) 14 George R .Andrews5 W J Brown 15 J. R. Thurman6 Willis A Gorman 16 Hugh H'hite7 Edward McGaughey 17 HP Alexander8 Joseph E McDonald 18 Preston Kin? ( FS)9 G A Filch 19 Charles E Clarke10 Andrew J Harlan 2ft OBMultisonK.entt;ear. 21 Hiram Walden1 Linn Boyd 22 Henry Burnett2 J L Johnson 23 Wiliiam Over3 F E Mclean 24 Daniel Gott4 George A Caldwell 25 Harmon S Conger5 John R Thontpson 26 IV T Jackson6 Daniel Breck 27 If" .1 Suckett7 Humphrey Marshall 28 .4 M Schermerhorn8 Charles S Morehtad 29 Robert L Rose9 John C Mason 30 David Rumsty10 Ridi'd H Stanton 31 E.RisleyLorisiANA. 32 E G Spattlding1 Entile La Sere 33 Harvey Putnam2 Vacancy 34 L Burrows3 John r Harmonaon Ohio."4 Isaac E Morse 1 David T DisneyMaine. 2 L D Campbell (F S)1 El bridge Gerry, 3 Robert C Schrnck2 Nat'IS Littleheld 4 Moses Vonrin3 John Otis 5 Emery D Potter4 Riifiu K Goodnunc 6 Auios ? Wood5 Cuban SavitUc 7 Jonathan D Morris? Churl em Stetson, 8 John L Taylor7 Thomas J t) Fuller 9 Ed son B OldaMa*ti.?kp. 10 Charles Sweetzer] Richard J Botrie 11 John K Miller2 .Wpi T Hamilton 12 Samuel F Fin ton3 ?<lw W Hammond 13 W A Whittlesey4 Robert M McLane 14 AWibn Evatw'Sl'McranJer Evans 15 If'm F Hunter (F S)fl 7?A? B Kerr 16 Moaea HomelandMAUACHt-icrTi. ]7 Joseph Cable1 Utti* 13 David K Carter2 VWfcaltcy 19 John Crmrrlt (F S)3 James It Duncan 20 Jos R Giddingi (FS)4 Vatamey 21 Jostph M Root(FS)5 CtarlO Jfttm, [F S) Oregon.6 George Jithmun S R Thurstonf7 JuUut JtMkweU Pennsylvania.? Horace Mann 1 Lewi* O Levin9 0*m Dewier U Joseph R Chandler10 Joseph Grinntll 3 Hdnry D Moorei / Michioan. 4 Jolin Robbine, jr*1 A W Buell 3 John Frttilcy! HSn Spragvs, (F B) 6 Tbotiu RanR Bmghatn 1 Jktee C Dftkey, MuMuoti. . ft- TMaiiltusBtaaensH 4 Sibleyt 0 Wribam StronguMMMtu. J0MM QinanckJames B Bowlin '111 iCkubnJUior, WmrVrtf 0*y u Darid W.lmot (T SO0 JastmR-0 ran 17 Wf Cdstm4 Wit lard Pvfta1l JE Chariot W Pitmans 10*3 ft*,. l!16 Jae X' McLaftAhan U > (MrhWU'tTtkiams17 Samuel Calvin Texas.18 .1 Jackson Ogle t David Kaufman19 Job Mann 2 N'olney E Howard"it) RR Ret J Utah. ,j21 Motes Hampton ? ? <1iU John }V Jlotce (F S) Vermont. a23 J ante* Thotupaou 1 I' m Henry24 Alfred Uihnore 2 Km He hard cRhode I si. and. 3 James Meachum c1 Gtorge C King 4 Luciua BPeck f3 -Mohan JHxon Virginia.South Carolina. 1 John S MilUonJ Daniel Wallace 2 Richard K JSdeade c3 J L Orr 3 Thuman M Averett t3 J A Woodward 4 Thunias S Bocuck sA ThIR^M \1 fa PuulllM Pnwifll (5 Arinistead Burt 6 James A Sedden6 Iwmv IS Holmes 7 Thorns H Bayly7 W F Coloock 8 Alex R H.ollidayTknnkhsee. 'J Jtretiuah MortonJ Andrew Johnson 10 Riphard ParkerJ .'llbcrt G IVatkina 11 Jarae* McDowell3 Joaioh M rhtdernon 10 H A Kdiftuudson4 Jnlut H, Savage !3 F M 'Mullen5 Geo W Jones 14 J M 11 Beale j0 James 11 Thomas 15 Thomoa 8 lluymond1 Meredith 1* Gentry Wikokkin.8 Andrew Ewtug 1 Chae Durkee, (F S)0 Tsham G Harris 0 Oreasmue Cole10 Fred'k P Slunton 3 James D. Doty. I'Contested by Mr. Littell. ^fDelegatea from the Territories. tTHE HOUSE IN F IGURES.Democrats 111 'Whigs and Natives 101 1Free-Soijers 14 'Vacancies 5 ITotal, exclusive of Delegutes 231 1Should the vacancies be filled us before, anddividing the Free Soilers into Democrats andWhigs, as they are on all other questions but thatof the territories, the House will he as follows :?Democrat* 117Whigs 114Democratic majority 3Two members IVoiu California, Edward Gilbertand George W. Wright, are now in Washington,awaiting for the admission of tha't Staleinto the Union.The General Meruit in Figure?Oi.d Parties. Free-Soil. Vacancies.States. IfMf. Devi. fVhig. f)em. IPAig. Dtm'AHttrriBHs ? 1 ? ? ? ?*Alabama 2 5 ? ? ? ?Cbhrtecticut 12 ? 1 ? ?Delaware 1 ? ? ? ? ?Florida 1 ? ? ? ? ?Georgia 3 5 ? ? ? ?Illinois 1 6 ? ? ? ?Indiana 18 ? 1 ? ?Iowa ? 1 ? ? ? 1Louisiana ? 3 ? ? 1 ?Maine 2 5 ? ? ? ?Maryland 3 3 ? ? ? ?Massachusetts 7 ? 1 ? 2 ?Michigan ? 2 1 ? ? ?Missouri ? 5 ? ? ? ?Mississippi ? 4 ? ? ? ?New York 32 1 ? 1 ? ?New Jersey 4 1 ? ? ? ?N, Hampshire 12 1 ? ? ?N. Carolina <? 3 ? ? ? ?Ohio 5 11 5 ? ? ?Kentucky 5 4 ? ? ? ?Pennsylvania 14 8 1 1 ? ?Rhode Island 2 ? ? ? ? ?S. Carolina ? 7 ? ? ? ?Tennessee 4 7 ? ? ? ?Texas ? 2 ? ? ? ?| Virginia 2 13 ? ? ? ?Vermont 3 1 ? ? ? ?Wisconsin 11 ? 1 ? ?Total 103 111 9 5 3 1Democratic majority in tlie 31st Congress 3Whig majority in the 30th Congress 5Democratic gain 8*1sjiect of Congress.Whig. Vein.Exclusive of Free-soilers 103 111Free-soilers 9 5^acancies 3 1Total 114 117Actuat Democratic majority 3Free and Slave State Class if cation.iVhig. Dein. Free-soil.Free States 75 51 14Slave States 30 61 ?Total 105 112 14The Mtc Teirilories.I We give the names of the new territories, althoughthey have not yet been organized. Californiawill, in all probability, be admitted into theUnion as a State, with two senators, and one ortwo representatives to Congress. Utah and NewMexico, and probably Nebraska, will be grantedterritorial governments, and delegates admittedfrom each, before Congress adjourns?perhaps.PROSPECTUS OF A NEW SERIES OFThe Southern Quarterly Review.Commenced on the 1st or April, 1850, bvWat vl*b I? ipii i ona Prvttiri r / /?vc .?* j?vcTERMS?$5.00 per annum, payable in advance.The publishers of the Southern QuarterlyReview beg leave to entreat the attention of thepublic to that Work, to return thank# for the in- Ivariable indulgence which has smiled upon its Iprogress hitherto, and to express the hope thatthis countenance will not be withdrawn, now that tthe publication, passing from the hands of the <former publisher into their own, makes, as it jwere, a fresh start in the pursuit of a well known 1progess. They cunnot allow themselves to doubt, ithat?with all their former contributors, with the (addition of many new ones, not less valuable and :distinguished?under the conduct still of Air. W. IGilmork Simms, its sole Editor during the pastyear?and with the assurance which the subscribersnow beg leave to give, that the work will behenceforward issued in a style very superior to ;that of the past, on better paper, with a fine newtype, and with u regard to neatness and finish,which willjeave it second to none in the country?they will continue to receive that patronage whichthair own endeavor and the claims of such an organseem reasonably to demand.The writers for the Review include the greaternumber of the best and ablest names of thecountry. They represent the highest literarytalent of the South, and reflect truly, with a nativeearnestness, force, and fidelity, the rest policyand the peculiar institutions of our section.I AVe entreat the people of the South, who feelthe importance of Buch a periodical as the Review,to ezcQse its deficiencies, and generously lendthemselves to its assistance. With their countenanceand concurrence, it can become the establishedorgan of domestic opinion?the championof our rights and charurter abroad?the guide andcounsel to intellectual progress and proper tasteat home?the arena in which the better minds of ithe country may always distinguish themselves, |and find the proper provocation to execution and jpcrft>rtnan?e?the wholesome authority to whichwe may always turn for the correction and restraintof crude and undigested speculation. Tlil-seare all objects of the laat rtecessity to a civilizedpeople,who have anything to gain by enterprise,or any tiling to lose by reoiisaness and indifference.Once more, we ask from the patrons of theReview, indulgence for the jwtst, and such ?ymjpathy and support for die future, as are due to thevital interests which it faithAilly serves, and thecharacter which it seeks to establish.JLj" AH communications should lie addressedWALKER &. RICHARDS,Publisher? S&ulhcrw Quarterly Prrieir.BARRY'S TII ICO I'HERO US.TYARKER, Agent for the above very superiorI IIAIR WASH, received, this day, 12groas.Wholesale and retail, atPARKERS'Fancy Comb and Perfumery Store,Pennsylvania Av. near National Hotelaug. 8.?3t.j7 Knox Wa 1 k?Tr,Attorney at Iaivb and General ,1fent,OFFERS his services in his profession and a?Agent for the Prosecution and Collection olClaims before Congress and the iVpaitmentSjilso forobtaining Patents.All business confided to liim will be promptly aftsodod U?. * j!7 UBO* WANTED?A lad, 14 to 16 yean ofage, is wanted atthiaolliew. An axpert reader' will b? prefe?#4 Aufao#BOUT HMjflaflttN THAL ISouthern Cent,| ral Agricultural Awoeiatton, will beheld . iluring the week embracing.Wednesday, the 1 Hhlay of August next, which is the day of the tilth .jinuul meeting at Atlanta Georgia .Ttie Committee charged with the duty of pres- ; ,ribing such general rule* us they may deem ne- j |essary to a proper management of lite approaching < \'air, have adopted the following <GKMKMAL RBOCLXTIOM*. I1st The Fair Grounds ami Buildings will be <ipened for visitors on Monday morning, and con- (* CI a^Aninir l( ia t h #?i*? I nrft Hl>. Imuc ujicii liltiii rnuuj otuiiiui}. .. ... ? .irablethkt all pcrsoui hav ng articles forexhibi- 1ion, shall be on the ground as early as Friday orSaturday, (he Dth and 10th August when a Coin- ;nittee will be there ready to recei\e them.:hJ. The Association has aq ample 1'uud, and will,ii all cases, become responsible for the safe-keeping>- articles which may be placed in the hands of itsdicers and committees, (the owner taking a checkor the same,) until the close of the Fair, whichvill be announced beforehand, in ample time to;ivc them op; ortunly to recover their goods, ando prevent thereby the leaving of any goods orirticiea unprotected after tbe adjournment of theAssociation.3d. Mark A. Cooper, Richard Pc'ers, David W._,ewis, Win. Hazard, and James M. Calhoun, areippointed a committee whose duty it shall be to suehat all articles entering the fair grounds for exhiition,sha'l have first been eti'eredin the Secretary 's>ook or registry?then labelled w tb the owner'statneand residence?and price, if for sale?giving;o the owner a corresponding card?and then class iSedand arranged by department , and in audi orderas to facilitate tbe labors of the several committeeson premiums; and also to employ such police anddoorkeepers and cleiks, as shall be necessary forthe protection of the grounds and buildings, andsuch clerks as they may need tu the arrangementand labelling of articles.4th. There will positively be required, in allcases, a minute anil accurate written statementillustrating and explaining every article sent forexhibition?he statement to lie delivered to theSecretary. For instance, if a Machine, a statementof is powers and uses, cost, time of invention, andany other fact deemed valuable by the inventor ormaker. If Horticultural or Agricultural Products,mode of preparation of land and soil, manure andtime of planting, mode of cultivation. If an Ammai,the pedigree or stock, age, mode of raising, &c. IfNeedle-work or Paintinir. or any woik of Art, thelength of time bestowed on it, or the amount oflabor; the age, if by children or very old person*tl.e value, uses, &c. Since this is the most reliablemode of collecting such information as may heworth publishing in the transactions of Ui? Society,visitors, patrons and members, all will tajee notice,that a premium will not be awarded to any article,whatever its merit, unless accompanied byillustrative and explanatory statements, made outin legible hand, and in a style fit at once for thepress.5th. The delegations of the serreral county Societiesare requested and enjoined to make out, uponconciliation, a report of "the present condition ofAgriculture in their several counties, of the improvementsin farming, tillage, draining and manuring,which have been or are in progress of beingadopted The leading products of their countieesthe modes of preparation, time of planting and modofcultivation. The means and measures of preservingand increasing the fertility of lands. AccurateAgricultural memoirs from the scrvcral countysocieties would make up an amount of valuableinformation to be sent out in the published transactionsof the Society.Gth. It is desirable to make the Fair a CentralSouthernAgricultural and A! tr.ufacturersExchangeWe request individuals who have a surplus ofchoice articles, or who make them for sale?suchas choice seeds, machines, stock, <fcc?to carrythem there for sale, and not alone for exhibition fora premium.7th. Premiums.?It is impossible to name in a noticelike this all, the various articles to which premiumswill be granted. However comprehensivewe might make any cnumeiated list there wouldstill be many articles of merit otl'ered which wouldnot be embraced in it, and yet richly deservingpremiums,lest therefbtc the announcement of premiumsfor particular articles might be construed bysomeintoan exclusion ol'all articles unannounced,the Committee requests the people generally toobserve, t hat it is intended to give the action ofthe Association the. very widest scope, embracingsvery thing that is ingenious or useful in businessor art. All then, with whatever they have for saleor exhibition, are invited to come. The onlyregulation further necessary on this point perhapsi.r, that, on all articles of the highest merit in thedepartment of Stock, Mechanics, Agricultural Implements,and valuable iiuprovcmeulsor inventionsin any of the departments, a premium of a cupworth f, 1U will be given ; on the second best articlesa cup worth $ 5 will be given, on the tfiiid bestf, -J 50 ; on the fourth an honor. And on all aiticles of the highest merit in the remaining depart_ ? c i.;ii ihi,iiji'iio a U(1|j WUI ?ll ?? n in uv ^ i * v?? ) kii n?v uvvuiiwb<*st ? 2. 50 ; on the third an honor; on the fourth,2d honor. On miner and miscellaneous articles,premiums from one to three dollar*?these, however,aregeneral regulation*, and in particular caseor cases of peculiar mei it the c< mmittees will hepermitted, indeed are requested, to vary the rule.8th. A hull will be prepared and assigned particularlyto the Ladies for their garden prouuets,fruits, llowers paintings, needle-work, &c. Theyare cordially invited to attend. Their assistancein many departments of the fair is absolutely necessaryto a proper management.9th. The facilities of getting to this centralpoint induce us to invite, and to expect the presenceand contributions of many of our fellowcitizens of Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida.Wc hope they will unite with us in makingthis institution indeed, what it is in name, a SouthernCentral Agricultural Association.10th. The President upon a consultation with>uch members as he can call to his aid, shall appointcommittees and assign to them their respective depdrtments,arid to these committees so appointedihe committee of reception shall furnish lists of thearticles classed and arranged in their respectivedepartments. In order to the perfection of thisarrangement, the committee appointed to publishthese regulations, will lore repeat, and enjoinupon all to take notice that articles for exhibitionmay be received and arranged on Friday nnd Saturdaythe 9th and 10th of August, ro that whenthe President shall appoint iiis committees onMonday morning, the committee of reception mayhave their lists of articles, and the several coinmitteeRproceed at once to the examination of articles,and thereby have ample time to make theirreports to the annual meeting on Wednesday.Thursday will be devoted to sales?Friday to generalre-delivery of articles. The exhibition continuingthe whole time,11tli. Any alterations of, or additions to, the ;foregoing rules, will be published at Atlanta curly ]Monday morning of the Fair week.12tb. The annual oration will be made onWednesday, the day of the Anniversary meeting,immediately preceding the reports of committees,by Col. John Riilups, of Athens, Georgia.13lh. The Committee have the prospect ofmaking arrangements with the Macon, State and ]Georgia Kailrouds, to run accommodation carsearly every morning and late in the afternoon, toGriffin, Marietta, Stone Mountain, and Decatur,to give visitors the opportunity of the accommodationsof the good Hotels at those places while inattendance npon the Fair.14th. The citizens of Atlanta have providedcomfortable quarters for Committees and Officers,and others engaged in the laborious business ofthe lair.loth. The Secretary is directed to publish| tliCRC regulations in the Cultivator, and to projcureas far as practicable their publication in theweekly papers of this and the enjoining States.By order of the Committee of Arrangements.P V tri It W i itwlm iScr'y Southern Central Agricultural Association.Sparta, 'J5th June, 1S50.AIATHEWES & HOI'EH,TNactors and Commission Merchants, forCotton,JT Rice, Ragging small country Produce, Vanderhorst'sWharf. Charleston, S. CFERDINAND MODLTON,ATTORNEV AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,Will practice m the several courts in the District,and uttenU to the prosecution of claimsagainst the Government.Office corner of E and 7th streets, opposite the jGeneral Post Office.2aw,tfFOR TIIE SPRINGS.LADIES retiring to the springs or country, willfind at PARKER'S, juat opening, a freshupply of Toilette Artiolee, such as very superiorBA V RUM? CXJLOGN E, in bottles and on draught,'EAU LUSTRAL, OX MARROW, LEN IT-;FRICE,4c.,COMB, HAIR, tOOTH.and NAIL IBRUSHES, atPARKERSFsncy Comb and Ptrfunury S*ort,aug. 8. Penn. Av. near National Hotel Ipftospwrtjs | Jor L"TILE SOUTHERN PRESS."!An association of (ialy-thmc Member* ot Congress, |Senator* and Representatives, hive constituted theindersipied a Committee to superintend the estadiskuseutof a fcouthcrii Pleas at Washington City, 1to be devoted to I he exposition and defence of Southernliijihls and institution*?the dissemination ofcorrect information a? to Northern Policy, and theBourse of Polit ical atl.iirs generally, without raterenceto the old party lines of Whig and iiomocrat. Ar- trioijccincnt- are now in prop can, promptly to ensure Ithe isnue of such a paper uiider the title of i' THE SOUTHERN PRESS," Jloi the conduct of which, suitable J&ditors have been rengaged, rv ho will also receive the aid of a number 1of eminent and and able contributors. I?1 1??' ' I U.. - .1 .ili/ u ivi.utooL'l v aiul a tt i-nlr 1 vtHJIC Will W a liJII. , L.. ?vw;, . . vv?j ,iuue?the latter to contain substantially, the Mine imatter as the former, and intended to reach those |[mints of the country whose mail facilities arc limited. ?Tht paper will not be exclutivcly political?but 1will embrace on its broad sheet the General News of Ithe day, Domestic and Foreign, by mail and tele- igraph ; Commercial and Agricultural Intelligence. iLiterary Criticisms, Original Essays, Literary andMiscellaneous; and, in short, all those iteuta of tgeneral interest. the collected aggregate of wkiek Iconstitute* the interesting and valuable Newspaper.Great cure will be taken to give fall nod cor- |rect Reports <>1 the Proceeding* and Debates in both iMouses of Congress, as well as the netiuq of the <;local Legislatures on the Southern question.A limited number only of AdvertiseaianU^wiH be feceived?the main object being to furnish a largeamount of reading matter.'l'he paper wilt be printed on a shaet equal in siae |to those of the other Washington papers, and the materialwill he procured especially for the purpose. IIt is confidently hopud that every true fricud to the tSouth will aid in procuring subscribers, and forward jthe names, with the amount subscribed, to some iSouthern Representative at Washington, forthwith, jPostmasters are authorised by law to remit sub- <script tuns Ires of postage IITerms. jFor Daily?the price will be per annum, - $10,00^For Tri-wscbly during the Session of Congress,ami'Semi-wecaly during the recess, - 5 00... . ... mi ivv uuktv , - - - .'1'fie price of subscription must be paid invariablyin advance, and the cash accompanying the nameyent. jAil persons procuring ten names shall be entitled to |receive a copy gratis lor one year,a. p. butler, ,JACKSON MORTON, .R. TOOMBS,*J. THOMPSON. fWILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.THE next annual session of this Institution will 1commence on the 2d Wednesday in October. 1FACULTY.The Right Rev. John Johns, D. D., Presidentand Professor of Moral Philosophy.Judge Bkverlt Tucker,Professorof Municipaland Constitutional Law.Benjamin S. Ewell, Professor of Mathematicsand Astronomy.Moruan J. Smeaii, Ph. D. Prof.ssor of Humanity.William F. Hopkins, A. M., Professor o*-*1 ' ? -J 1UlienilSiry nnu ^muriu r tumavyuy .H. A. Washington> A. AJL, Professor of Historyand Political Economy.Rev. Silas Totten, D. D., Professor of IntellectualPhilosophy, Belles Lettres, and Rhetoric.There are two courses of study for undergraduates?theregular course for the degree of Bachelorof Arts, and u Science course, occupying twoyears. Candidates for admission to the Sciencecourse will be expected to produce the written reauestof their parents or guardians. Students notdesiring to join a regular class may, for specialreasons, be admitted to study with the regularclasses, in those branches which, on examination,they may be found qualified to pursue.The necessary College expenses range betweenMM and $196 per annum.Circulars will be forwarded to all who may desirefuller information, or specific inquiries will beanswered, if addressed to Professor Morgan JSmead, Williamsburg, Virginia.Students, not desiring to ulteod either the Re-gular or the Science course, will be permitted tostudy with any class which they may be preparedto join.July 15?1 aw.BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINEBRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.Premiums to New Subscribers.OWING to the late revolutions and counter-revolutionsamong the nations ol Europe, u Inch havefollowed eacli other in quick succession, and of whichthe" end is not yet," the leading periodicals of GreatBritain have become invested with a degree of interesthitherto unknown. They occupy a middleground between the hasty, disjointed, and necessarilyimperfect records of the newspapers, and the cJabo- 'rate and ponderous treatise* to be furnidied by the historianat a future day. The American Publishers,therefore, deein it proper to call renewed attention tothese Periodicals, and the very low price at whichthey are ottered to subscriber*. The following istheir list, viz :THE LONDON OUARTEIILY REVIEW,THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, ,THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW,an!> ,BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. 1In these periodicals are contained the views, ir.odo- (rately, though clearly and firmly expressed, of the jthree great parties in England?Tory, Whig and Ha- ,dir.al?" Blackwood " and the " Loudon Quarterly " tarcTorv J the "Edinburgh Review" Whig; and cthe " Westminster Review " Liberal. The "North ,British Review " owes its establishment to the last rgroat ecclesiastical movement in Scotland, and is not rultra in its views on any one ol the grand depart- ;ments of human knowledge ; it was originally edited (by l>r. Chalmers, and now, since his death, is conilni'ti-rihv his son-in-law l)r. Hanna. associated with tSir David Brewster. Its literal")- character is of the ,very highest order. The " Westminster," though yreprinted under that title only. >s published in F.ng- .land under the title of the 4' Foreign (Quarterly andWestminster;" it being in fact n union of the twoReviews formerly published and reprinted under separatetitles. It has therefore the advantage by thiscombination of uniting in one work the best featuresof both as heretofore is?ned.The above Periodicals are reprinted in New York,immediately on their ariival by the British steamers,in a beautiful clear type, on flue white paper, and arefaithful copies of the originals. 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Co., 405 Broadway, New York.Subscription lists are opined at all the principalBookstores throughout the United States.THE EDITORS.Taylor and Maury and Franck Taylor, Agents forWashington.New Ye**, Jan. ], 1R501PIN CONSIGNMENT-On* 7Wrf Rusutt \1/ BROG.i%VtS.?1,000 pair Onk Tanned Russett ,Jrogans, a prima article of Southern Manufhc-, 1are. For sale by R.A.PRINGLE, jiNo. SO, Blast Ray street, ' 1July 16, 1850?d4m Charleston, 8. C. | <TH,MKSTIKO or TH* CEKTRAl aOHMtVTEX rctR T0K ONITEDSTATU*Pursuant to the notice Riven, the Ccotnl CuauaitfittMcteml tire rooms of the National Institute, iu theFntWt Office, on Thursday evening, the 13th instant, 'll 1 o Vtock.The meeting was called to order by Professor WelterIt. Johnson, on whose motion Col- Peter Fonjewas called to the Chair, and Charles F. fit anburychosen Secretary of the meeting.This temporary organisation having been effected,the committee proceeded to organise permanently bythe aiKMiintmeue of the Hon. Millard Fillmore, VicePresent of the United tit ee, Chairman, and Prol.Waiter H. Johnson Secretary.At the the request of the Chairman, (Col. Force,)the following papers were read by Prof. Johnson, inexplanation 01 the appointment and duties of thecommittee :?TATK Ut.raKT.MENT,Washington, May 17, 1850.To Vie President of the National Institutefor the Promotion qf Science.Sin: f have the honor herewith to transmit copiesof a correspondence vrhich has taken place betweenthe Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majestythe Queen of Great Britain and this Department relativeto the proposed Industrial Exhibition to be heldin London in the year 1851.From the circular of the Royal Commissioners ofGreat Britain, hereto annexed, it will be observed thatall objects intended to he introduced from foreigncountries and entered for that Exhibition are requiredto have been first submitted to and approved by a centralauthority or commission of the country fromwhich they shall he brrought, and th it no other willbe recognized us a central authority except such asshall have been so certified by tlte Government of theuoiintry in which it exists.That American industry and arts may he enabled toappear in the place allotted to tlirm, it will be indispensablethat a recognized central authority should beconstituted; and 1 am under the impression that theNational Institute, having been regularly incorporatedby act of Congraas, aud being habitually engaged inmatters pertaining to the arts and sciences, is theproper body for hiking the initiative in constitutingsuch a central authority.1 therefore beg leave to submit to its considerationthe interesting and important subject which has beenbrought to the attention of this Department by thedistinguished Envoy of her Majesty's Government,and to request, such action or suggestions as may seemnecessary in order that the natural productions, theingenuity, industry, and arts of the United Statesmay be tully and suitably represented oil the interestingoccasion herein referred to.1 have the houor to be, very respectfully, yours,JOHNM. CLAYTON.This communication was laid before the NationalInstitute, and by it referred to a select committee,which brought forward the following report:Report qf the Committee qf the National Institute:The special committee, to which was referredthe communication from the Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of Slate, relative to the formationof a central authority, for transmitting articles tothe Industrial Exhibition to be held in London in1851, offers the following report:The committee, impressed wi h the importanceof the subject commended to the Institute, havegiven to it their earnest and careful attention.The resources, the ingenuity, the industry, andarts of the United States are conceived to merithe best eddeavors to procure for them the opporunitiesof heme adequately rc|>re8ented in thegreat Industrial Exhibition at Loudon.Aggrceably to the programme adopted by the RoyalCommission, no articles are to be received fromForeign Exhibitors except those which shall havebeen approved by a central authority, recognized assuch by the Government of the country from whichthey are sent.This Institute being the only Society for the Proofion of Science and the Arts, directly incorporatedby the Government, the Secretary of State lias deetn,ed it the appropriate body to take action or make suggestionsrelative to the fulfilment of the wishes of theRoyal Commissioner*, l>y the establishment ot such acentral authority as the case seems to require.To this voluntary proposal on the part of the Secretaryof State, the committee consider the National jInstitute in duty bound to respond.In accordance with this view, the committee respectfullyrecommend the following resolution1. Resolved, That the Institute wilt take actionon the subject submitted to it by the Department ofState.2. Resolved, That tJbe Institute do now proceed 'to constitute a committee suitable to be recognised by 1the Government as a central body to hold correspond- 1ence with the British Commissioners, and- to securethe reception of American pioduetioiis at the proposedIndustrial Exhibition in London.PETER FORCE, jJOSEPH HENRY, |WALTER K JOHNSON, V Committee.J. J. GREENOUGH, |CHARLES WILKES, JNATtOW.tr. lWSTtTfTK,Washington,,May 27, 1850.Sir : I have the honor to make known to the l)e- 1partinent of State the action which this Institute hastaken on the subject of your communication of the '17th instant. 'IJiat action is comprised in the follow- Jing resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis- >cussion at the meeting held this evening !''Resolved, That the In-titute will take action on <the subject submitted to it by the Department ol State.,kResolved That the Institute do now proceed to <constitute a committee suitable to be recognised by |the Government to hold correspondence with the <British Commissioners, and to secure the reception of (American productions at the proposed Industrial Exhibitionin London. i"Resolved, That a committee of not less titan nine- (teen be appointed to constitute a Central Committeeon the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with 'societies and local committees throughout the UnitedStates."Resolved, That the President of this Institute he 1a member of the Central Committee."Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary com- Imunicatc to the Secretary of State a copy of the fore- <going resolutions, together with the names of the (Central Committee." , uThe following arc the names of the members ofthe Central Committee appointed in accordance with <the foregoing resolutions ; tHon. Millard Fillmore, Vice President of the UnitedStates, and ex officio Chancellor of the Regents ofthe Smithsonian Institution.Col. Peter Force, 1'resilient of the National Insti- (tntc.Hon James A l'earce, U. S. Senate, member of the 1Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.Hon. Levi Woodbury, M. N (:, Associate Justice of !the Supreme Court of the United States. 'Commodore Lewis Warrington, U. S. N., M. N. I.,Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. 8Prof. Joseph Henry, Vice Prcridcnt of the N. I., Secretaryof the Smithsonian Institute. 1Prof. Walter R. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary of tthe National Institute. ' tProf. Alexander D. Bache, M. N. L, member of theBoard of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, andSuperintendent of the Coast Survey.Commander Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., M. N. I., lateCommander S. S. Exploring Expedition.Hon. William W. Sea ton, M. N. 1., Mayor of Washington.Hon. Jefferson Davis, U. S Senate, member of theBoard of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.Lieut, Matthew V. Maury, U. S. N., Vice President Iof the National Institute, and Superintendent of the jnauonm uroservaioiy.J. Jurat's Greenowgh, Esq., M. .N. L.Charles F. Stansbury, Esq., Recording Secretary ofthe National Institute.Col. J. J. Abert, M. N. I., Cliicf ol the TopographicalBureau.Gen. Joseph G. Tottr.n, Vice President N. I., Chief 11Engineer. U S. Arniv.Thomas Ewbai.k, Lsq , Commissioner of Patents. cWilliam Kasby, Esq., Treasurer National Institute. 1Dennard D. Gale, M. D., M. N. I., F.vanuner c>l PPatents. tJoseph C. (1. Kennedy, Esq., M. N I., Sopcrinten- pdent ot Census,zr.i C. Seaman, Esq., M.N.I. t.1 have the honor to be nVery respectfully, your ob't scrv^t,WALTER R. JOHNSON,Cor. Secretary of the National Institute. 1Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State. Jdepartment op state, ^ll'anhington, June 8, 1850. ?sin : I have duly received your letter of the 27thultimo, communicating to tlrw Department the pro* yseeding* of the National Institute on the subject of mynote of the 17th of the same month. Those proceed- "ings appear to me to Ire perfectly satisfactory ; and I chave accordingly transmitted them to the British Ministerin this city, with the communication, a copy otwhich is enclosed lor your int< rmatiou. 11I am, sir, respectfully, your ob't servH,JOMN'M. CLAYTON.Walter N. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding ^Secretary of the National Institute.Dfpartm*>ct or State, aH'ashingtoriy Jw%t 1, 1850. nSib I have the honor to transnait to you herewith 'cojiy of the correspondence which has passrd be- vLween this Department and the National Institute for nIhe PromoHon of Science, respecting the organitation 1if a committee to constitute t n? centrak authority re- (Ipiired by the regulation? of the Royal Commission on Cf f prr "*]f t\ rJ t'j'iy Y'f"f I? IT*?*"jAalnrfrrfnd Inddlirijl WMllllytlo' art? cipdulUthtnd indivldnnht fcn tMr. |iiuntryta*d-to aanctkn the(omtrdiiw of iitkia qflktm to the exhibition.I need hardly My to jot},.fir, that tip; pro^edin^sof the National Institute, an net forth iu this corrrsponiaaee,meet the approbation of the Department, winchhaa full eophdcnce iu the cnuuuiUee named by thatInstitute.I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to youthe aaaurauce of my Kirn ?nd autinguiahfil consideration.JOHN M. CLAYTON.Bight Honorable t??* II. L. Buuwicr, he.Ealrmct from the Circular of the Royal Commisnonert." The Commiaaiouer# have feit that it would bedeairable, an far aa jKHmlble, to prevent uny peraonafrom send tug hither article* which cannot beadmitted, rather than to reject the articled aftertheir arrival in London. They feel also thui thedelicate and reepenaible tank of deciding- on theadndsston or rejection of article* destined for exhibitionby foreign contributor* ought not, to be iiu posedupon uuy Fnglish tribunal, but should bereferred to one iving the confidence of the exhibitor*then**..ves, and standing entirely free frontposaibl* .upuUUions of tuitional partiality. Thevaccc ?ngly propose to admit to exhibition suchforeign arUcle* only a* may beforwurded to themby the Central Authority (whatever may be itsnature^ in each country. They will communicatitosucn Central Authority the amount of apacewhich can be allowed to the production* of thecountry for which it acts, und will also state theconditions und limitation* which may from timeto time be decided on with respect to the admissionof articles. All urticlea forwarded by such CeatrulAuthority will then be udmitted, provided theydo not require a greater aggregate amount ofspace than that assigned to the jrroductions of thecountry from which they come ; and, provided,also, thut they do not violate the conditions andlimitations of which due notice shall have beengiven. It will rest with the Central Authority ineach country to decide upon the merits of theseveral articles presented for exhibition, and totake cure that those which are sent are such asfairly represent the industry of their fellow -countrymen." Her Majesty's Commissioners will considerthat to be the Central Authority in each cnsetrAtr/tis staled to be so by the Government of its country.Having once been put in communication with aCentral Authority in any country, they must decline,absolutely and entirely, any communicationwith private and unauthorized individuals ; and.should any such be addressed to theui, ihey canonly refer to a central body. This decision isessentially necessary, in order to prevent concision." No articles of foreign manufacture, to ^-hornsoeverthey may belong, or wheresoever they maybe, can be admitted for exhibition unless theycome with the sanction of the Central Authorityof the copntry of which they are the produce.The Commissioners do not insist upon such articlesbeing in ull cases actuully forwarded by theCentral Authority, though they consider that thiswould generally t>e the most satisfactory arrangement; nut it is indispensable that the sanction ofsuch authority should in all rases be expresslygiven, and that it be held responsible for the fitnessof such articles for exhibition, and for notauthorizing the exhibition of n greater quantitythun can be uccoinmndated in the space assignedto the productions of the country in ouestion."A ftill discussion was t?en had of the subjectthus laid before the committee, and, oil motion ofthe Hon, W. W. Seaton, it was?Resolved, That the Committee of five first chargedwith this subject by the institute (substitutingMr. Kennedy for Mr. Greenough, who is absent)be art Executive Committee to take all necessarysteps to carry out the views of the general conimittee.The following gentlemen constitute the Execu...v v?,v..,.nwi. . vui. itierrurce, rroi. WalterR. Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C. G. Kennedy,Esq., Cupt. Charles Wilkes.On motion?Resolved, That the Secretary be requested toprepare the proceedings of this meeting for publication.And the Committee adjourned.CHARLES F. STANSBURY.Secretary of the Meeting.N. B.?Associations, committees, or individualsdesirous to make propositions or to receive information,are requested to address their communicationsto J. C. G. Kennedy, Esq.~ 'THE THIRD ANNUAIJ^OLUMEor THESOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,Was commenced on Suturday, the 4th of May,1850, under its original name?instead of Richards'Weekly Gazette?as more significant ot its peculiarcharacter, it being the only weekly organ or Literaturein the entire South! It isGr'eatly Enlarged and Improved,Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns ormatter. It is, moreover, in anEntirely wVeui DressU P. 1 A C--A M 1iuiii ni'ttu iu loi/i, una upon oeautimi wnitepaper, so that, in mechanicul excellence, it is notsurpassed by any paper whatever in the UnitedStates! It continues under the same Editoriallirection as heretofore, and 110 nainB or expensewill be spared to make it.!? Choice Family Nhespaper,'as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as thejest!" Utterly discarding the notion that uSouthern journal cannot compete with the North;rnweeklies, in cheapness and interest,The Southern Literary Gazetteivals the best of theni in all the characteristics oti truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim is theliffusion of cultivated and refined taste throughouthe community?and it embraces in its ampleolds ever species of intelligence that can lend tohis result.Original Contribution?,"rom many of the ablest writfers in the South,ihieny occupy its columns, but not to the exclulionof choice miscellany, selected from the bestYmericnn and European sources.The tone of the "Gazette" is independent ?rr:riticjsm and in the discussion of every legitimateopie, but it is strictlyJftuhral in Politics and Religion !Its columns are occasionally embellished withSouthern Portraits and Landscapes,>n graved expressly for the work, and acrompnuedby biographical and topographical sketches.Its General Informations copious, but carefully condensed from theending journals of all pafcs of the world.Notwithstanding the great increase in the sizeind attractions of the paper, it is still published at7\r? Dollars Per Jim mini, in Jidvance !t will be furnished to persons becoming respon;iblefor the whole number of copies, and havinghem sent to one address, 011 the following terms :Three copies, $5Five copies, 8Ten copies, 15Fifteen copies, 20Twenty copies, 25Fifty copies, 60fLjp* All orders must he accompanied with thenoney, and addressed, post par, toWALKER & RICHARDS.Charleston, S. CWORTHINGTON Gk SNETHEN,Formerly Solicitor of the General Land Office.Attorney ani> Coi-vsei.i on ?t T.?i?Continue* to practice in the Supreme Court 01he United States, in the Courts of the District or'olumhin, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecutelaims of all kinds against the United States, eilierbefore Congress or any of the Executive De- ,lartments, and to procure letters patent for ipvcti- iions. Business confided to his care, will beiromptly attended to. jX. B. Particular attention paid to the prosecu- Iion of claims before the Brazilian Commission Iow sitting in Washington.Washivotov Citt. D. ('. .Tnly 11, 1850n A. rRIXGLE, No. 30, East Bay street,L\i Charleston, South Carolina.?Importer of'rcnch CALF SKINS; Manufacturer's Agentnd Denier in BROG.1*\'S, BOOTS and SHOES,idvances made on consignment of Brogans oionthern Manufacture. Parties w ishing to con-jign, will send samples of their make, und on reriptof their consignment, a liberal rash advance,-ill be made. Information promptly imparted, Ito the style, but adapted to the trade.Charleston, S. C., July 16, 1850.?djpro southern Gentlemen or Literary institutions.A young man, a graduate of St. Mary's ColrAlege, Baltimore, wishes to obtain aa'ituationh Assistant in an Academy, or Private Tutor.?le is qualified to teach the highest branches otIreek, Latin, French, Natural Philosophy, Chtlistry,Mathematics and English Literature.?'he highest testimonials as to character and qnali-1rations can b? produced. Address, post-paid,*' X. Y. Tost Office, Baltimore, MdJ